tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post8933455306248259345..comments2016-03-09T11:32:05.283-05:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: New and Free Games of InterestJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-71360341623520536062010-04-10T17:13:35.988-04:002010-04-10T17:13:35.988-04:00Hi Andreas -
Yeah, loved Arduin. Some of that B&a...Hi Andreas -<br /><br />Yeah, loved Arduin. Some of that B&amp;W art was great, and the ideas were really out there. Dave supposedly created all of that stuff for his friends, and people liked it so much that he published it.<br /><br />BTW, thanks to everyone here for the kind words about Talislanta. I&#39;m a music-biz dude these days,but it&#39;s always nice to see that there are still people out there who remember Talislanta and/or still play the game.<br /><br />SteveStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06781343771075452420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-19042069304701103012010-04-10T15:03:17.862-04:002010-04-10T15:03:17.862-04:00Great to see you here, Steve! Fun to hear you ment...Great to see you here, Steve! Fun to hear you mention Arduin. I didn&#39;t know that.Andreas Davourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17170806742393291962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-49256607065797908562010-04-09T11:04:04.223-04:002010-04-09T11:04:04.223-04:00Thanks, James, for posting the Talislanta news on ...Thanks, James, for posting the Talislanta news on your site. Much appreciated.:)<br /><br />re: CAS influence on Talislanta - Vance mainly, but most definitely CAS as well (who is also often cited as an influence on Vance). Loved the Xiccarph and Zothique material, and also Lovecraft&#39;s Dreamquest of Unknown Kadath. <br /><br />Another big influence was Dave A. Hargrave&#39;s Arduin Grimiore. Very imaginative material which IMO never got the credit it deserved.<br /><br />Thanks again -<br /><br />Steve SechiStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06781343771075452420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-10452526850844419952010-04-08T16:40:05.230-04:002010-04-08T16:40:05.230-04:00Talislanta is awsome. I&#39;ve been a fan for many...Talislanta is awsome. I&#39;ve been a fan for many years now. I always grab my old copy of the Talislanta Chronicles when I want to get the feel of how fantasy can be fantastic again.<br /><br />Being a moderator on the <a href="http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Talislanta/" rel="nofollow">Talislanta mailing list</a> I&#39;ve had quite some work lately to approve new members. I think the release of the old books have spread the word quite wide.Andreas Davourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17170806742393291962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-21206991119808880622010-04-08T16:27:46.410-04:002010-04-08T16:27:46.410-04:00But just to be clear--Tal is not going Open Source...<i>But just to be clear--Tal is not going Open Source. The game&#39;s creator and owner is just making of the books published over the years freely available.</i><br /><br>True. It&#39;s not being made Open but it is free to download and distribute, which is awesome.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-68467288423366039772010-04-08T15:42:11.161-04:002010-04-08T15:42:11.161-04:00Nice! I am on those JTAS books!Nice! I am on those JTAS books!Duglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04952607750940479779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-24980632967841524482010-04-08T15:37:43.890-04:002010-04-08T15:37:43.890-04:00Can&#39;t recommend Talislanta enough. Really, re...Can&#39;t recommend Talislanta enough. Really, really good. And although Vance is the always cited as the premiere influence, Tal always feels like CAS&#39;s Xiccarph stories to me. Maal Dweb would fit right in on Tal.<br /><br />But just to be clear--Tal is not going Open Source. The game&#39;s creator and owner is just making of the books published over the years freely available.Matthew Slepinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04056247825064943944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-81330661970978483212010-04-08T15:19:25.630-04:002010-04-08T15:19:25.630-04:00This is no spontaneous product.
There&#39;s been ...This is no spontaneous product.<br /><br />There&#39;s been loads of public discussion and meticulous research by Daniel, Nicolas Dessaux and others over at the ODD74 forum to pin down the old rules, aided by Blackmoor players when possible.<br /><br />Check the comments on my blog for inarticulate enthusiasm AND CLUES !Sean Willshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06097382096285636833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-49779519138955897892010-04-08T14:39:57.272-04:002010-04-08T14:39:57.272-04:00@JD, FFE is Marc Miller&#39;s company and it&#39;s...@JD, FFE is Marc Miller&#39;s company and it&#39;s fine. You may be thinking of QLI, which is somehow still lingering in an undead manner. d20 Bust had nothing to do with QLI&#39;s misfortunes IMO.<br /><br />Talislanta...why I haven&#39;t given it a real go before now (aside from lack of books) was just so many races (no elves but lots of pointy eared folk) and places and character types. With Tekumel you have, if you want, 2 or 3 typical starting points and you tend to start with either an imperial or barbarian party. Glorantha has a couple of traditional starting places as well and you can play it as straight up Dark or early Iron ages+ in a pinch.<br /><br />With Talislanta I have no grasp on how to dig in and start, yet. At least now I have about 1gb of pdfs to pick from. Wildlands or 7 kingdoms have been suggested for Vance or Smith type wizarding, but I&#39;m not sure on which edition for magic yet. Some of the supplements cover nomadic types, which might be useful.<br /><br />As for the Dragons at Dawn thing, neat, but no previews, freebie or even webpage to give me more info? Hard sell for me.Gibbering Ghoulhttp://openid.aol.com/gibberingghoulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-18057741988251051252010-04-08T14:37:21.883-04:002010-04-08T14:37:21.883-04:00I am pretty psyched about Dragons at Dawn (no big ...I am pretty psyched about Dragons at Dawn (no big surprise maybe?)! I ordered a print copy so it will take some time before I will be able to write a review. I am sure others will beat me to it. :)Havard:https://www.blogger.com/profile/03672640381532559035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-88562313042028816062010-04-08T14:15:39.991-04:002010-04-08T14:15:39.991-04:00Far Future Enterprises is offering reprints of all...<i>Far Future Enterprises is offering reprints of all 36 issues of The Journal of the Travellers Aid Society (in three softcover books) for a mere $30. That&#39;s a great price and, if it weren&#39;t for the ungodly shipping cost for non-US addresses, I&#39;d have ordered a set already.</i><br /><br />If you are interested in this, but scared of the shipping, go for the CD-ROM collection, it&#39;s $35, but for example, only $7 shipping to the UK.<br /><br />Even though the reprints are $5 cheaper, I plan to eventually get the CD-ROM because I don&#39;t need more books for my shelves, and like the idea of having a digital copy anyway.<br /><br />FrankFrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15855679156477779666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-27616098061728174042010-04-08T14:09:37.874-04:002010-04-08T14:09:37.874-04:00This is good news all around, especially the bit a...This is good news all around, especially the bit about <i>Talislanta</i>. Hopefully making it open source will get it a bigger fanbase.<br /><br />WV: &quot;fantedea&quot; The goddess of fantasy?Jerry Corneliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657432306103298802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-26311030461935716582010-04-08T13:00:49.454-04:002010-04-08T13:00:49.454-04:00I just got my bundle of JTAS recently. That&#39;s ...I just got my bundle of JTAS recently. That&#39;s a lot of reading material for 30 bucks!<br /><br />A nice bonus surprise: the great John M. Ford wrote a number of articles for JTAS. If you don&#39;t know him, read &quot;The Final Reflection&quot;. It&#39;s the good Star Trek novel. In fact, it&#39;s amazing.<br /><br />Word Verification: &quot;uniter&quot;<br />n.: Not a divider.Korgothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04683370654357044679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-44840675991618065842010-04-08T12:52:20.821-04:002010-04-08T12:52:20.821-04:00Talislanta is a great setting, and I agree with th...Talislanta is a great setting, and I agree with the commenter who says it seems derived from or inspired by the Pulp fantasists. I have several editions of the game (2nd), 3rd(Wotc), and a 4th that was expanded to the size of the Hero System rulebook. There were also some great regional supplements that were done for the 2nd edition by the &quot;Jovialis Design Group.&quot; They&#39;re not essential, but I quite enjoyed them.<br /><br />security word: &quot;sesses,&quot; a group or herd of Sussureses.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01254215329246851683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-52055999976350646982010-04-08T12:49:05.876-04:002010-04-08T12:49:05.876-04:00I too am intrigued by Dragons At Dawn (thought it ...I too am intrigued by Dragons At Dawn (thought it sounds like pistols at dawn, but with two antagonistic wizards, engaging in an early-morning duel, with dragons).<br /><br />I spend more than $8 on lunch, so the pdf cost is not a signficant impediment. I am curious to read a review or two first.A Paladin In Citadelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789462075611254929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-47399715814152770702010-04-08T12:04:57.461-04:002010-04-08T12:04:57.461-04:00The FFE above is Far Future Enterprises, Marc Mill...The FFE above is Far Future Enterprises, Marc Miller&#39;s company for distributing his games (Traveller and others).<br /><br /><a href="http://www.farfuture.net/main.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.farfuture.net/main.html</a><br /><br />FrankFrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15855679156477779666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-17919601412976980752010-04-08T10:44:01.223-04:002010-04-08T10:44:01.223-04:00I have read some of the Talislanta material, it&#3...I have read some of the Talislanta material, it&#39;s a great and original exotic setting which don&#39;t have any Tolkien style influence. It is like an amalgam of the works of writers like J.Vance/Clark Ashton Smith/Lovecraft/Moorcock but i think the biggest inspiration comes from Clark Ashton Smith and J. Vance.<br /><br />And another important thing, Talislanta doesn&#39;t have dwarves, elves or halflings, but it also doesn&#39;t have (normal) humans! There are some humanoid races called &quot;races of man&quot; but all of them have some unique characters that makes all of them different.Cemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17256862706646389798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-20178363123169493042010-04-08T10:15:27.536-04:002010-04-08T10:15:27.536-04:00Fast Forward Entertainment is still around? Seriou...Fast Forward Entertainment is still around? Seriously? I thought they went teats up in the D20 boom/bust?JDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17437491518387349214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-45061320911426313992010-04-08T09:41:01.583-04:002010-04-08T09:41:01.583-04:00Thanks for the links. I&#39;m already downloading ...Thanks for the links. I&#39;m already downloading the Traveller Starter Edition. After reading about (and discovering) Traveller through your blog, I found it really interesting.Juampahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16268415411507646640noreply@blogger.com